Chapter 179: Farming
Thinking of doing his part for the people, Xu Guangqixing rushed to Yongping to help the people save themselves through production, Zheng Guochang had already received and feasted.
Originally, I thought that this adult should bring food to the hungry people when he came to participate in the relief war, but who knew that he was sending hope to the people.
Zheng Guochang felt that the egg hurt, what he wanted at present was not hope, but to get through the current food crisis, this Lord Xu seemed innocent and cute.
Huang Han didn't want to spend a lot of time in Yongping Mansion, so he personally sent tens of thousands of taels of stolen money from the traitorous officials recovered, and came to find the political envoy to resign, preparing to take the people of the headquarters to Kaiping to rest.
He planned to invest in industry in Kaiping Town, and planned such as coal kilns, coal washing plants, brick kilns, steelmaking small blast furnaces, soil coking plants, cement kilns, etc., and then planned to go to the sea to build a private castle of his own.
In these years, even the local heroes and powerful have formed villages to protect themselves, and even the villages in the countryside have united to build earthen castles, which belong to the clan armed fortresses, fortresses and fortresses to prevent theft, bandits, and rogue bandits, and at the same time to guard against officials and soldiers.
This means that even the Ming army, which represents the government, cannot enter the fortresses and walled cities of the clan forces.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial court turned a blind eye, and unless there was conclusive evidence that these separatist forces were openly rebelling, the Ming army would suffer casualties and attack.
Huang Hannai is an officer of the imperial court, and sometimes he can't help himself, maybe he obviously runs a place well, but with an order from the imperial court, the territory may be picked up by latecomers.
Therefore, Huang Han took the name of private tuntian to build a private seaside fortress, and the residents were mainly disabled retired soldiers and military families of the "Red Banner Army" and artisan families.
In the future, even if he does not become an official here, the latecomers will not be able to get their hands on their own property, and they will not be able to enter the fortress belonging to private individuals.
Zheng Guochang was receiving Xu Guangqi, who was pestered by the naΓ―ve scientist.
Because he can't use an administrative order to let the people try to plant the new crops brought by Xu Guangqi when the people's hearts are unstable, the small people who were affected by the war are waiting to be fed, and at this time, a mishandling will give birth to right and wrong, and the court will not give relief and force the hardliners to provoke the people?
The only way to make the seedlings brought by Xu Guangqi can be planted in the ground on time is to negotiate with the gentry who own a lot of land.
But this is not easy to say, the Ming Dynasty is a government decree not to go to the countryside, besides, other people's fields, what kind of food he wants to grow, he can't control it.
At this time, Zheng Guochang suddenly found an excuse to get out, and explained to Xu Guangqi that the main general of the "Red Banner Army" might have urgent military affairs, and hurriedly asked his relatives to meet him.
People want to deal with military affairs, and it stands to reason that Xu Guangqi should leave, but the scientist is quite persistent and refuses to leave, and he has the posture that Zheng Guochang will rely on here if he does not agree to his request today.
Therefore, when Huang Han came to the second hall of the Yamen, he found that there was also a third-grade civil official wearing a scarlet robe and embroidering a peacock on the patch on his chest.
Huang Han and Zheng Guochang had a good relationship, and after hugging his fists to salute, Zheng Guochang saw that Xu Guangqi was still sitting upright, so he had to introduce: "Huang Shoubei, I've seen Xu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites." β
Xu Guangqi had also heard of the "Red Flag Army" for a long time, and of course he had heard of Huang Han, so he looked the young general up and down with a smile at this time.
At this time, Huang Han didn't know who this Xu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites was, so he clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen my lord!" β
Xu Guangqi said: "Yes, yes, the 'Red Flag Sweeping the West Wind' is popular, and General Huang is really a tiger general." β
Huang Han said modestly: "Adults have won awards, but they dare not be ashamed." β
Zheng Guochang asked, "Huang Shoubei, why did you come here today?" β
"The humble post came to resign to the adults, Yongping has just recovered a hundred wastes to be revived, and the humble post believes that it is necessary to organize the people to produce and save themselves in a timely manner, and strive to grab a harvest to survive the harsh winter, and the humble post is ready to take people and horses to Kaiping Town to organize the displaced people to build water conservancy and plant some crops."
It turned out that Huang Han was going to Kaiping Town to farm and settle the people, Zheng Guochang was happy, and Xu Guangqi's eyes were shining.
Zheng Guochang hurriedly asked: "If someone brings new crop seedlings and guarantees a harvest this year, I wonder if you can find a way to let the people try to plant them?" β
Huang Han sighed slightly and agreed: "This ......, as long as the harvest can be obtained so that the people can survive the food shortage, this should not be a problem, but I don't know what kind of new crop?" β
At this time, Xu Guangqi was already impatient, he stepped down from his seat, took Huang Han's hand and said: "It's planting sweet potatoes, if you're lucky, it's okay to harvest six or seven stones per acre." β
Huang Han was suddenly interested, and he forced himself to ask with excitement, "Sweet potato?" Could it be that you are Lord Xu Guangqi from Songjiang Mansion? β
It was actually very impolite for a low-level military attache to call the name of the current dynasty official of the third rank, but the scientist didn't care at all and asked, "Huang Shoubei has also heard of the old man's name?" β
"Wow!" It didn't take much effort to get it! Now it's Huang Han's turn to be full of little stars.
He said: "I haven't heard of it, it's like thunder! My God! You are the savior of your humble heart. Today, I can see that it was cultivated by the adults in their previous lives.
I wonder if the adults brought potatoes or potato seedlings in addition to the sweet potato seedlings? Did you bring maize seedlings? And you want to successfully grow cold-tolerant rice. β
Xu Guangqi was shocked, bosom friend! How did this vulgar martial artist know about the research results that the old man had only produced in recent years? How does he still know what a savior is?
He asked, "Is Huang Shoubei willing to try to plant the seedlings brought by the old man?" Can you persuade those ordinary people? The old man brought a lot of seedlings, and it is best to plant them in a large area. β
"Ken, thousands of Ken, I just don't know if the so-called large-scale planting of 200,000 acres of fields counts?"
Xu Guangqi suddenly turned from shock to excitement, he said: "If you can really plant 200,000 acres of sweet potatoes, the old man guarantees that the output of these lands can make 400,000 people not go hungry." β
Huang Han said: "It's not enough to just plant sweet potatoes, that thing has no nutrition, and you have to plant maize and potatoes at your humble level. β
"All this is fine, but the 200,000 acres of land that Huang Shoubei promised the old man are not less than one acre."
"That's nature, 20 acres is enough, and it's best to have 1 million acres to rotate crops to optimize the yield."
"Huang Shoubei actually understands that sweet potatoes, maize and potatoes need to be rotated to ensure yield? It's really strange, I don't know who you studied with? β